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president obama 58%, republicans 32%. one thing that's lost in this plan b that was proposed by speaker boehner would have cut food stamp, meals on wheels. that's not why congressman huelskamp and others were opposed to plan b. they were opposed that nothing should to be done to include taxes. >> and unemployment benefits. they don't care about the poor and middle class. they care about protecting billionaires and billionaires who don't need it. these people should resign. they obviously have no interest in governing. they only have an interest -- >> they won't resign. >> we have no interest in doing stopping what president obama is doing. i don't know how you get anything done. this is an inconceivable dilemma. i can't think of what the words are for a solution. these are people against veterans benefits, veterans jobs bill, u.n. disability treaty, people against chuck haggle being secretary of defense and susan rice against secretary of state. they are against anything. anything possible that the president wants to put
president obama 58%, republicans 32%. one thing that's lost in this plan b that was proposed by speaker boehner would have cut food stamp, meals on wheels. that's not why congressman huelskamp and others were opposed to plan b. they were opposed that nothing should to be done to include taxes. >> and unemployment benefits. they don't care about the poor and middle class. they care about protecting billionaires and billionaires who don't need it. these people should resign. they obviously...
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shift it to obama. talk about him not being capable as a president and then debate obama's performance. quit having those self inflicted wounds that tend to damage this campaign and the reporters have to report on it. of course you do. it's very salacious, grainy video. it's the good stuff. the behind the scenes stuff. of course you're going to report it. >> it doesn't help when you mention 97% according to to some poll i've never seen. 97% of white house reporters voting democratic. it's a conspiracy theory. the same time ronald reagan won the presidency twice. george w. bush won the presidency twice. with the same so-called media liberal out there. why don't you focus on getting the guy elected and showing what his strong points are? if you do that maybe you'd have a chance but the problem is -- >> i agree. >> people don't know what mitt romney stand for. even republicans are concerned about this. >> i agree. >> the last word, thomas, we tend to have a conversation about how there are 41 days left. th
shift it to obama. talk about him not being capable as a president and then debate obama's performance. quit having those self inflicted wounds that tend to damage this campaign and the reporters have to report on it. of course you do. it's very salacious, grainy video. it's the good stuff. the behind the scenes stuff. of course you're going to report it. >> it doesn't help when you mention 97% according to to some poll i've never seen. 97% of white house reporters voting democratic. it's...
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they want a reason to vote for obama and they haven't -- they just don't feel like obama has given them a reason yet. that's an opportunity for him to outline why he hasn't always followed through, why washington didn't change the way that he promised. . let me put the romney list. people can look at it on politico. many people tonight deduct mortgage interest from their income taxes, slashing their tax bim buys thousands of dollars every year. can you guarantee to those viewers you won't eliminate the cherished tax break from the middle class? and at the same time, name one tax loophole you have in your plan to eliminate to help balance the budget? he has been charged is question several time now john -- james, you know that of course. >> romney's problem is he hasn't given us specific, but he hasn't been. he could do change toys the tax code that hurt them. the obama administration running around saying he wants to raise taxes on the middle class. this is his opportunity with 60 million-plus watching to say he wouldn't get rid of the mortgage interest reductionby obviously benefits te
they want a reason to vote for obama and they haven't -- they just don't feel like obama has given them a reason yet. that's an opportunity for him to outline why he hasn't always followed through, why washington didn't change the way that he promised. . let me put the romney list. people can look at it on politico. many people tonight deduct mortgage interest from their income taxes, slashing their tax bim buys thousands of dollars every year. can you guarantee to those viewers you won't...
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obama fights back and body long wage tells us who the winner was. joining me now is michael cunningham, a professor at the university of louisville in kentucky. professor, thank you for your time. >> great to be with you. >> before we talk body language, i want to talk about words and according to everyone at the event, there was an audible gasp when this moment happened during the debate last night. let me play it. >> i don't think anyone really believes that you're a person who's pushing for oil and gas and coal. you'll get your chance in a moment. i'm still speaking and the answer is i don't believe people believe this's the case -- that wasn't a question. that was a statement. >> why do you believe people reacted to that? >> because it seemed kind of rude. we are talking about the president of the united states versus second tender and his -- he was kind of dismissive and trying to appear dominant over obama. >> and you have folks who are categorizing this as the battle of the alphas, both men successful and taking greatly different paths in lif
obama fights back and body long wage tells us who the winner was. joining me now is michael cunningham, a professor at the university of louisville in kentucky. professor, thank you for your time. >> great to be with you. >> before we talk body language, i want to talk about words and according to everyone at the event, there was an audible gasp when this moment happened during the debate last night. let me play it. >> i don't think anyone really believes that you're a person...
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i think it was a bad week for president obama. if you look at the polling data, president obama dropped six points in the gallup poll. there's a lot of different polls out there. the target states are tight and close. this is a close election. >> matt said how can you say this was a good week for governor romney? chip, you're the republican here, and we're all honest and this is on camera and not in private. the cameras are on you. you think this was a good week for your candidate, your nominee? >> ed a great operative and good man and he's doing his job, trying to spin it the best way he can. mitt romney did not have a great week last week. his point is clear. it's a close election and will deny to be. you try to have better weeks than bad weeks. last week was a challenge for governor romney, but i think they're back on track this week and get back on the offense and talk about the economy and the jobs is what they try to do over the next 47 days. >> chip, is that part of the problem? you have ed gillespie, a respected man. we kn
i think it was a bad week for president obama. if you look at the polling data, president obama dropped six points in the gallup poll. there's a lot of different polls out there. the target states are tight and close. this is a close election. >> matt said how can you say this was a good week for governor romney? chip, you're the republican here, and we're all honest and this is on camera and not in private. the cameras are on you. you think this was a good week for your candidate, your...
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president obama still won them. the biggest flaw in mitt romney total rationale of losing, this is what politicians and presidents do, they deliver. you tout the health care law. he campaigned on and delivered not only to minorities but to everyone who has a potential to end up benefitting. mitt romney on that conference call was saying, president obama was able to deliver to his voters. well, a lot of people say that's what a politician who wins re-election should do. as far as a presentation giving, he gave a presentation yesterday to gop senators. it contained a lot of exit poll data. it did not say anything about gifts, why mitt romney lost. it looked at it and the things we discussed in the past, the changing demographics in the country. a little bump president obama got from hurricane sandy as well as a lot of voters still blaming george w. bush more than barack obama for the state of the economy. >> it's so interesting. i liked at ohio a lot, and we talked about, governor rendell, ohio. mark, the auto bailout
president obama still won them. the biggest flaw in mitt romney total rationale of losing, this is what politicians and presidents do, they deliver. you tout the health care law. he campaigned on and delivered not only to minorities but to everyone who has a potential to end up benefitting. mitt romney on that conference call was saying, president obama was able to deliver to his voters. well, a lot of people say that's what a politician who wins re-election should do. as far as a presentation...
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obama did a great speech. finally, they're talking about the record in ways that are simpler than they have been. people can understand it. but it doesn't -- this is just a good series of days. the paid ads are still out there. nothing was put to rest. >> hang on for a second. nothing was put to rest, but nevertheless facts are facts. we have people on the romney campaign n the romney team who said they would not be beheld to fact checkers, whatever that means. the bottom line, lynn, is that if you have people who are so-called low information voters, which i hate that term. people have jobs. they have lives. they can't watch cable tv or see every piece of information. what you read and see online is a lot of people believe that was a credible speech from bill clinton as opposed to congressman rooen's speech who instantly was littered by members of his own party as a speech filled with lies. >> i agree, which is why -- >> tamron -- >> let me speak quickly. >> what's fairly important is credibility. you hit it
obama did a great speech. finally, they're talking about the record in ways that are simpler than they have been. people can understand it. but it doesn't -- this is just a good series of days. the paid ads are still out there. nothing was put to rest. >> hang on for a second. nothing was put to rest, but nevertheless facts are facts. we have people on the romney campaign n the romney team who said they would not be beheld to fact checkers, whatever that means. the bottom line, lynn, is...
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to meet with president obama. we did receive a statement from a u.s. official today on the invitation from the white house, saying that they hope that the negotiations will continue to lay out the rules of the road for a "potential u.s. military presence after 2014." and that is one of the issues that looms large over any talks between the u.s. and afghan officials these days. we know it was a topic of discussion between secretary panetta and president karzai in the private meeting that they held today and the details of that arrangement have not yet been worked out. previous, of course, mr. karzai had mentioned that any terms of agreement would have to be on afghanistan's terms and that they would have to respect afghanistan's sovereignty moving forward. still a lot of daylight between the two sides we don't know what that's going to look like after 2014 >> can you tell us more about this attack that left one u.s. soldier killed and three others wounded? -- it is two earlier today, two and a half hours after the secretary left the base. the taliban cl
to meet with president obama. we did receive a statement from a u.s. official today on the invitation from the white house, saying that they hope that the negotiations will continue to lay out the rules of the road for a "potential u.s. military presence after 2014." and that is one of the issues that looms large over any talks between the u.s. and afghan officials these days. we know it was a topic of discussion between secretary panetta and president karzai in the private meeting...
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the reality, the obama economy will reassert itself as the ultimate downfall of the obama presidency, and mitt romney will win this race. that's from neil newhouse. let me get your reaction to that statement, chris. is this a sugar high? i know you'll say no, so let's go on from there. >> when you write memos like on a campaign, you're losing. it's that simple. here's the problem i have. listen, i'm offended by the romney campaign not as a democrat but an operative. this is a campaign making one mistake after another. you saw that on the sunday shows. the notion that you're not going to give any specifics, not one. you can't come up with one loophole? it's not a trick question. the notice you go into the debates, which is the next kind of defining moment in this election, and mitt romney i can guarantee is one of the first questions. governor romney, what's the loophole that you're going to cut? give us some specifics. he hedges on that and he's politically dead. it's that simple. you cannot survive in this media age with this kind of strategy. it's bizarre to me how the romney campai
the reality, the obama economy will reassert itself as the ultimate downfall of the obama presidency, and mitt romney will win this race. that's from neil newhouse. let me get your reaction to that statement, chris. is this a sugar high? i know you'll say no, so let's go on from there. >> when you write memos like on a campaign, you're losing. it's that simple. here's the problem i have. listen, i'm offended by the romney campaign not as a democrat but an operative. this is a campaign...
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the romney folks were trying to knock obama's likability numbers down. obviously that is one of the biggest assets on the campaign trail. some of the harshest language we've heard from him and his advisers continuing to not chip away at president obama. meanwhile the re-election team for the president going after paul ryan to try to characterize him as a politician like all the others who says one thing and does something differently. to conclude the conversation you were having about taxes just to get back to that, while we talk about the 13.6 or 13.9% number i think the real issue reporters are going to look forward to asking mitt romney next is does this reveal what we can expect from a romney presidency in that he has been really only willing to give a bare minimum in terms of taxes. there is a political issue not a legal issue. only a bare minimum in terms of taxes, meetings, transparency is that what americans should expect to hear from mitt romney if he were to become president? >> peter, in all fairness, you've been covering the romney campaign.
the romney folks were trying to knock obama's likability numbers down. obviously that is one of the biggest assets on the campaign trail. some of the harshest language we've heard from him and his advisers continuing to not chip away at president obama. meanwhile the re-election team for the president going after paul ryan to try to characterize him as a politician like all the others who says one thing and does something differently. to conclude the conversation you were having about taxes...
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obama just let that happen. mitt romney showed up and he seemed like an energetic guy to fix things. obama showed up and looked tired and listless and he didn't challenge mitt romney on his extreme positions or on the extreme positions of the republican party including his running mate. >> i always lover yo your insig. we're past the debate but still at that same conversation even with democrats still talking about the debate mystery that happened. >> it was a vacuum. there's nothing else to talk about until the next debate. >> we can talk about the fact women have been deserting -- we have two polls shows women are deserting the president. he had an 18-point lead in the pugh poll. >> it's tied at 47%. i don't want to just isolate you because you're the woman here. >> happy it to talk about it. >> you guys know women, but nevertheless we'll single them out. which is where the debate comes in, and mitt romney being allowed to define himself as a moderate, obama didn't bring up reproductive right or fair pay or li
obama just let that happen. mitt romney showed up and he seemed like an energetic guy to fix things. obama showed up and looked tired and listless and he didn't challenge mitt romney on his extreme positions or on the extreme positions of the republican party including his running mate. >> i always lover yo your insig. we're past the debate but still at that same conversation even with democrats still talking about the debate mystery that happened. >> it was a vacuum. there's...